U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name had been illegally added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and ordered the Trump administration to remove signs, digital references and official materials bearing his name within 14 days. Cooper also blocked the administration’s plan to close the Washington arts venue for major renovations, finding that the board’s March 16 vote to shut the facility was “ill-informed and seemingly preord...

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